Chop

Quick meaning: Chop is a noun meaning A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

Meaning

A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

More Meanings

1. A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
2. (martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
3. Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
4. (poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
5. (informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
6. (Australia, New Zealand) A woodchopping competition.
7. (dated) A crack or cleft; a chap.

Example Sentences

A karate chop.

I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.

It should take just one good chop to fell the sapling.

With both players having an ace-high straight, the pot was a chop.

Word Forms

• chops
• chopping
• chopped
• chope

Synonyms for chop

Depending on context, synonyms include axe, sack, chanop, op, chete, jook.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chopper, hack, lard, mince, mutton, broth.

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